Zak Kirkup MP

About

Zak is your State Liberal Member of Parliament for the District of Dawesville. This includes the suburbs of Bouvard, Dawesville, Dudley Park, Erskine, Falcon, Halls Head, Herron, Mariners Cove & Wannanup. Zak grew up in Perth's eastern suburbs, spending most of his time in Guildford, Midland & Woodbridge. His mother has been a pharmacy assistant in Forrestfield since before he was born. His father is a plumber by trade but has spent much of his time in civil construction both in Perth and as a Fly-in, Fly-out machine operator. Zak went to Woodlupine Primary School in Forrestfield and graduated from Governor Stirling Senior High School in Woodbridge in 2004. Zak spent a short time at Murdoch University before dropping out and getting a job. Mostly working politics, Zak worked for the WA Liberal Party since 2006, eventually becoming the youngest ever Deputy State Director (Campaign Support). After the successful 2008 election, Zak worked as a Principal Policy Adviser for the 29th Premier of Western Australia, the Hon. Colin Barnett, for four and a half years. Leaving politics for the private sector, Zak spent two and a half years with Australia's largest private construction company, BGC, with a focus on financial strategies for the residential and hotel division. During the 2015/16 summer, Zak spent time on two hotel construction sites as a concrete form-worker as part of professional development. Zak was elected to the District of Dawesville in March 2017. He lives in Halls Head with his wife Michelle, who he married in February 2018 at St George’s Cathedral in Perth. In June 2019 Zak was asked by Liberal Leader Liza Harvey to take the position of Shadow Minister for Health; Mental Health; Innovation & Disruptive Technologies and Manager of Opposition Business. In his free time, Zak is training for the Ironman 70.3 WA in December 2019 and then the full in Busselton in May 2020.